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Aquantia’s special gamer edition of the AQtion AQN-107 Ethernet adapter, available exclusively on Amazon for $89.99. (Graphic: Business Wire)

July 11, 2018 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aquantia, a leader in Multi-Gigabit Ethernet, is pumping new life into
networked gaming. Today the company announced the availability of a
special gamer edition AQtion AQN-107 Ethernet adapter, available
exclusively on Amazon
for an introductory price of $89.99. The AQN-107 10Gigabit adapter takes
high-speed Multi-Gig networking to the next level, and the gamer edition
provides exclusive access to new Aquantia gaming prioritization
software. The AQtion AQN-107 gamer edition hardware is clad in classic
black and comes with both full-height and half-height powder coated
black brackets for the gamer who wants a beautiful, fragging machine.

LK Bhupathi, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Aquantia: “We
listened to feedback from the gaming community – they want easy access
to high-performance Multi-Gig Ethernet hardware at competitive price
points. Amazon provides us with the customer-focused approach that
gamers and PC enthusiasts demand. Aquantia decided to kick off our
Amazon presence with a special gaming edition of our 10G AQtion Ethernet
Adapter combined with the beta version of Aquantia’s prioritization
software so users can tightly control latency and lag.”

According to Jon Peddie Research’s most recent worldwide report on
prebuilt and DIY gaming focused PCs – including upgrades and accessories
– the market exceeded $30 billion for the first time in 2017.1
At the same time sales of PC games made up 28% of the overall global
games market value of $116 billion.2 Selecting Amazon to
reach this potentially lucrative market in North America was a simple
choice. Amazon is responsible for 44% of all US e-commerce sales – or
about 4% of all US retail sales. The most sales on Amazon – more than $8
billion – are created through the company’s consumer electronics
division, which includes PCs and computer components.3

The combination of the gamer edition AQN-107 with the new Aquantia
software will allow gamers to prioritize gameplay over other LAN
activity. The reduction in lag and latency provides the reaction time
advantage which can mean the difference between living on to play more
and a “Game Over” situation. Twitch streamers, in particular, will
benefit from dynamically controlling both the upload and download speeds
through the prioritization interface.

About the Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107

The Gamer Edition AQtion AQN-107 in classic black supports 10GBASE-T
Ethernet in compliance with the IEEE 802.3an standard. It is also
backward compatible with legacy cabling and Ethernet standards and
supports 5GBASE-T and 2.5GBASE-T Ethernet per the IEEE 802.3bz standard.
By supporting PCI Express x4 with a single RJ45 port, AQtion NICs can
easily upgrade most existing tower PCs, supplanting outdated Gigabit
Ethernet. It also fully utilizes the bandwidth capabilities of the
latest CPUs and GPUs. Go here
to learn more about the gamer edition of the AQtion AQN-107.

About Aquantia

Aquantia is a leader in the design, development and marketing of
advanced, high-speed communications ICs for Ethernet connectivity in the
Data Center, Enterprise Infrastructure, Access and Automotive markets.
Aquantia products are designed to cost-effectively deliver leading-edge
data speeds for use in the latest generation of communications
infrastructure to alleviate network bandwidth bottlenecks caused by the
growth of global IP traffic and in emerging and demanding applications
such as autonomous driving. Aquantia is headquartered in Silicon
Valley. For more information, visit www.aquantia.com.

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